Friday, December 7, 2012

This map shows where NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has driven
since landing at a site subsequently named "Bradbury Landing," and
traveling to an overlook position near beside "Point Lake," in drives
totaling 1,703 feet (519 meters). The rover landed on Aug. 5 Pacific Time (Aug.
6, Universal Time). It was at the easternmost waypoint on this map on Nov. 30,
2012. It worked on scoops of soil for a few weeks at the drift of windblown
sand called "Rocknest." The place called "Glenelg" is where
three types of terrain meet. The depression called "Yellowknife Bay"
is a potential location for selecting the first target rock for Curiosity's
hammering drill.